Mér finnst líklegt að fundurinn verði stuttur, en það er ólíklegt að við klárum allt í dag.

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Breakdown of Mér finnst líklegt að fundurinn verði stuttur, en það er ólíklegt að við klárum allt í dag.

• vera: to be
• það: it
• við: we

Questions & Answers about Mér finnst líklegt að fundurinn verði stuttur, en það er ólíklegt að við klárum allt í dag.

Why is it mér finnst and not ég finnst or ég finn?

Because finnast in this kind of sentence works as an impersonal verb meaning to seem or to feel to someone.

• mér is dative and means to me
• finnst is the 3rd person singular form of finnast

So Mér finnst líklegt... is literally something like It seems likely to me...

This is a very common Icelandic pattern for giving an opinion:

• Mér finnst þetta gott = I think this is good / This seems good to me
• Mér finnst líklegt... = I think it is likely...

What nuance does mér finnst have here? Is it the same as saying ég held að?

They are similar, but not identical.

• mér finnst often sounds more like it seems to me or I find
• ég held að is more directly I think that / I believe that

So Mér finnst líklegt að... has a slightly more evaluative, impression-based feel:

• Mér finnst líklegt að... = It seems likely to me that...
• Ég held að... = I think that...

Both are natural, but mér finnst líklegt is especially good when you are judging probability.

Why is líklegt in the neuter singular form?